XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Robert Bannister  wrote:   
   > > On 16/01/2014 8:34 am, sna wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > A much more believable future for the work situation would   
   > > > be full telecommuting where you never actually leave home   
   > > > at all even for full 'meetings' of lots of people at work etc.   
   > >   
   > > This could make human reproduction more difficult.   
   >   
   > Or easier, depending on what's happening at home during said meetings.   
   > :-)   
      
   Or 3D printers that "print" at the cellular / molecular level.  ;-)   
      
   Of course, cloning does away with that whole messy nonsense. You just   
   pull out a hair or chop off a piece of fingernail, and grow a new kid   
   ... you could even by-pass the messy baby, toddler stages or the grumpy   
   teenager phase, and just grow straight to a new adult.  :-)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)